cpe-20220609

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 9, 2022

Callon Petroleum Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

001-14039

64-0844345

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

One Briarlake Plaza

2000 W. Sam Houston Parkway S., Suite 2000

Houston, TX 77042


			(Address of Principal Executive Offices, and Zip Code)

(281) 589-5200


			(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)


			(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.01 par value

CPE

NYSE

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On June 9, 2022, Callon Petroleum Company (the “Company”) entered into a Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) by and among the Company, Callon Petroleum Operating Company, Callon (Permian) LLC, Callon (Eagle Ford) LLC, Callon (Permian) Minerals LLC, Callon (Niobrara) LLC, Callon (Utica) LLC and Callon Marcellus Holding Inc. as subsidiary guarantors (the “Guarantors”) and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representative of the several initial purchasers (the “Initial Purchasers”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Initial Purchasers $600 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 7.500% senior unsecured notes due 2030 (the “Notes”).

On June 9, 2022, the Company delivered a redemption notice with respect to all $460.2 million of its outstanding 6.125% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “2024 Notes”) and all $319.7 million of its outstanding 9.00% Second Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2025 (the “Second Lien Notes”). The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering, along with borrowings under the senior secured revolving credit facility, to redeem all of the 2024 Notes and all of the Second Lien Notes. The 2024 Notes and the Second Lien Notes will be redeemable on July 9, 2022, which redemptions will settle on Monday, July 11, 2022.

The Notes will be issued and sold to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) thereunder. The Initial Purchasers intend to resell the Notes (i) inside the United States to persons reasonably believed to be “qualified institutional buyers,” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”) in private sales exempt from registration under the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144A, and (ii) to other eligible purchasers pursuant to offers and sales that occur outside the United States within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act (“Regulation S”) in accordance with Regulation S. The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state laws.

The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of the parties and indemnification and contribution provisions under which the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, have agreed to indemnify each other against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement is qualified by reference to the complete document, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Certain of the Initial Purchasers and their affiliates have, from time to time, performed, and may in the future perform, various commercial and investment banking and financial advisory services for the Company and its affiliates, for which they received or may in the future receive customary fees and expenses. In particular, affiliates of certain of the Initial Purchasers act as lenders and/or agents under the Company’s senior secured revolving credit facility and will therefore receive a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes.

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant

The information included in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 8.01. Other Information

On June 9, 2022, the Company also issued a press release announcing the pricing of its private offering of the Notes. The Company is filing a copy of the press release as Exhibit 99.1 hereto, which is incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.

The press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which the offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits


Exhibit Number						Title of Document

10.1						Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 9 , 2022, among Callon Petroleum Company, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representative of the several initial purchasers.
99.1						Press release dated June 9 , 2022
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


									Callon Petroleum Company
									(Registrant)


			June 9, 2022						/s/ Joseph C. Gatto, Jr.
									Joseph C. Gatto, Jr.
									President and Chief Executive Officer